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Hong Kong Bowling Team Makes History with First Gold Medal in 2023 World Championship

[Tilu News]Good news came from the Hong Kong team competing in the 2023 World Bowling Championship in Kuwait. “Bowling King” Wu Siu-hong, together with Huang Junyuan and Tse Jinxuan, passed the men’s three-person competition today (14th) and finally won the final. Defeating the Danish champions 2:1, this is the first gold medal in the history of Hong Kong team and Wu Siu-kang personally after 6 years.

The Hong Kong team won the historic gold medal in the men’s three-man event at the 2017 World Bowling Championships with Wu Siu-hong, Mak Cheuk-yin and Tsang Tak-hin. Six years later, the three gold medalists also participated in the competition this year, but they “parted ways”. The 38-year-old “Big Brother” Wu Siu-kang switched to Wong Kwan Yuen and Tse Jin Xuan, and passed the competition with stable performance. On the other hand, Mak Cheuk Yin, Tsang Tak Hin and Mak Shao Qi stopped in the first lap.

(Photo: China Hong Kong Bowling Association)

Hu Zhaokang/Huang Junyuan/Xie Jinxuan scored 1163 points (average 232.6 points) in the first round of 5 games, ranking first in the group and advancing to the top 8 in the second round. The top 8 were divided into two groups. The three Hong Kong players maintained their hot touch and completed 7 games with 1573 points (average 224.71 points). They won the first place and qualified for the top 4 against Lithuania. The top four teams adopted a best-of-three-game system. The Hong Kong team won the first game 202:157 and took the lead. They won the second game 224:175 and advanced to the final against Denmark. Wu Siu-kang/Wong Jun-yuan/Tse Jinxuan were behind in the first game. In the second game, the Danish team pulled back a victory with 226:182 and entered the decisive third game. The “three tigers” of the Hong Kong team took turns to show their strength and hit 9 consecutive hits. , the score had been opened in the early stage and the championship was in sight, and finally the victory was 265:213 to seal the 2:1 victory.

(Photo: China Hong Kong Bowling Association)

This is Hong Kong’s second World Championship gold medal in the history of bowling, and it is also Wu Siu-kung’s return to the top of the world after 6 years.

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”[World Bowling Championships]The Hong Kong team defeated Denmark’s Hu Siu-kung in the final and won the three-person event gold medal for the first time in 6 years.

2023-10-14 12:57:42

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